Explain Gandhi’s ‘Sarva Dharma Samadbhva’ and Nehru’s ‘Dharma Nirapekshata’.

Gandhi’s principle of ‘sarva dharma samadbhava’ is based of respect for all religious faiths on the basis of democratic principle of freedom and equality whereas Nehru’s ‘dharma nirapekshata’ implies that the State would not be influenced religious considerations in enacting policy. However Nehru later realised that religion could not be banished for the domain of politics.

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